Evaporation water cooler



C. RICKARDS EvAPoRA'IoN WATER 'oQLEn Filed June 13, 1924 Patented Sept.8, 1925.

UNITED sTATi-:s

CARLISLE BICKARDS, OIE' WILLITS, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOB. 0F ONE-HALF TO W.

. FOSTER, 0F WILLITS, CALIFORNIA.

Pari-:NTY OFFICE;

EvAPonATIoN WATER cocinan.

Application nled June 13,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I', ICARLISLE RioKAnns, a citizen of the .UnitedStates, residing at Willits, county of Mendocino, and State ofCalifornia, have'jinvented certain new and usei,ful Improvements inEvaporation Water Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a. Water cooler adapted to beattached by piping to a' source of'water supply, fand to normally becompetely filled with water, the coolei` being-so constructed and soassociated with lthe piping that it constantly receives F vupon itsouter surfaceL a measured supply of water, which is evenly distributedover said surface, for evaporation and consequent cooling of theinterior of the container.

' The invention will be understood by ret'- erence to the Aaccompanyingdrawing in Which- Figure l. is a View in eleva-tion of an embodiment ofthe invention` and Figure 2 is u. section in elevation of the 145 same."Byreierenceto'the drawing it will be see that lthe cooleri'comprisesafcyli-ndrical body portion A, which is provided with a conical topportion 1 and a bottom conical portion 3o 2, thus affording.' a closedrecelitacle for water.

ln the embodiment of the invention represented in the drawing, thecooler is adapted to be supported by a small branch pipe 3'communieating, with and supported by the main piping Il, the arrangementbeing such that Water passinoV through the piping 4 and branch pipe 3,will pass into the cooler, from which it may be drawn via a nozzle 5.

At the top of main pipe l. is a spigot (i, the valve of which iscontrolled by handle 7 audfthe nozzle 5t positioned directly over theapex of conical top member l..

Surrounding the cylindrical body portion 'o of the cooler is anabsorbent sheath 8,' and 1924. Serial No. 719,781.

this sheath cooler.

In the operation of the device, Vsufficient Water is permitted to flowthrough nozzle 5x to maintain absorbent sheath 8 moist or saturated. Thesheath may be of any suit.- able material such as burlap, referably ofcoarse texture,'so as to readily ree the Water in the evaporation of thelatter. It is this` evaporation which cools the water within the coolerso that the water released therefrolnnlay be cool or cold, in accordancewith the degree of the evaporation.4

Inasmueh as branch pipe 3 affords a support. for the cooler, the Weightof the latter may be carried directly upon main pipe 4; and the coolermay thus be supported With.

out the use of brackets, yalthough any other `desired ,supportingr meansmay be employed.

The provision'of the top portion l in the'l form of a cone and thearrangement of nozzle 5* is insuch osition that it feeds directly to theapex o the cone, insures that even distribution of the Water will beeffected over the conical top 1 and hence the water will be evenly fedthroughout the circumference of the yabsorption sheath. 4

Having thus described my invention what I claim is new andfdesire tosecure by lietters Paten-t is as follows A Water cooler comprising acontainer having an intermediate cylindrical member and top and bottomconical members in water-tight connection, an outlet tube and closure atthe base of vsaid conical bottom member for the Withdrawal of Water fromthe container, a rigidshort pipe communieating;r with the interior ofthe container and secured to the upper conical member and a nozzle holdby said rigid short pipe in position to feed Water over the apex ot saidconical top member.

ln testimony whereof, l have signed myA name to this specification.

GAR-LSLE R-lCKARDS.

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